White v. City of Detroit

Plaintiff Robert White brought suit against the City of Detroit for com pensation for injuries suffered in 1971 arising out of alleged negligent diagnosis and treatment by medical personnel at Detroit General Hospital. Plaintiff appeals by right from the circuit court’s grant of defendant’s motion for summary judgment on the ground of governmental immunity under MCLA 691.1407; MSA 3.996(107).

Although plaintiff cites many cases which indicate that the correct method to assert governmental immunity is through a motion for accelerated judgment under GCR 1963, 116, the Supreme Court has indicated…